Reaching out from Isolation
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Join Date: Dec 2013
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Reaching out from Isolation
I just want to introduce. Myself to anybody out their. I've been isolating for weeks now it's as if I'm hibernating like a grizzly bear. It sucksbeing so cut off from the outside world this being my only outlet.My life sucks. I'm clean and sober almost 4 months but I'm still on prescribed medication. I've never felt so low in my entire life. People say it gets better but it fells like it's getting worse. I pray god will give me a break I feel like I'm getting punished by him.
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Welcome to SR Liam. Hang in there. We are here to support you. From what I understand 4 months is right around the worst period and it should be getting better as time goes on. I know it seems tough right now, but know there is a light at the end of the tunnel. You can do it.
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Welcome to SR Liam. You'll find a lot of understanding and encouragement here. Glad you joined us.
I'm sorry for the pain you're in. I hope it will help relieve some of the anxiety to talk about it here. Four months sober is great - but it's still early days. You should continue to feel better. (I hope you've told your doctor about the bad feelings - maybe an adjustment in your meds should be considered.)
I'm sorry for the pain you're in. I hope it will help relieve some of the anxiety to talk about it here. Four months sober is great - but it's still early days. You should continue to feel better. (I hope you've told your doctor about the bad feelings - maybe an adjustment in your meds should be considered.)
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Welcome, Liam!
Early recovery can be very difficult at times, so I'm glad you decided to post. Have you made any changes in your life besides stopping drinking? I had to work on a lot of my issues before I started feeling better.
Early recovery can be very difficult at times, so I'm glad you decided to post. Have you made any changes in your life besides stopping drinking? I had to work on a lot of my issues before I started feeling better.
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Not much I was attending a drug and alcohol drop in center but then began to isolate a couple weeks back. I really don't feel safe in meetings I've often left feeling worse. I was doing a tea commitment at a group but felt very unsafe and unable to share my truth their so I gave up my commitment I haven't been to a meeting since which is around a month or so. I just don't feel safe around people. I suppose I feel safe isolating away from life but at the sometimes hate my existence. I feel like no one understands me. All I can say is I have some zombies in the closet draining any thread of hope
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Hi Liam, sorry you're in a bad space right now. Lots of experience, understanding, and compassion here at SR. I hope you feel better soon. You are far ahead of me in your sobriety, I just passed one month, so I can't offer much in terms of what the 4 month mark is like. But I'm out here, rooting for you. I hope you start to feel better soon.
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Well done Liam. We are all different in our adjusting times, but it does get better, I promise. When I feel low, I think of some of my worst lows on drink, then my present lows don't seem anywhere near as bad. xxxxx
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Welcome to SR Liam 
This really is a great place for support, especially if you feel unsafe around others. I think I know what you mean as I have a tendency to feel safer in isolation, it's scary out there. The great thing about SR is that it is anonymous so people tend to be honest, and if spending time here has taught me anything it's that there are a lot of people out there that feel like I do. People will understand you if you allow them to. Glad you are here x
This really is a great place for support, especially if you feel unsafe around others. I think I know what you mean as I have a tendency to feel safer in isolation, it's scary out there. The great thing about SR is that it is anonymous so people tend to be honest, and if spending time here has taught me anything it's that there are a lot of people out there that feel like I do. People will understand you if you allow them to. Glad you are here x
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Hi Liam,
Sometimes life is difficult. When i get down I make myself go to a meeting and give it a chance. it is a we program. several of us suffer from other mental illness and it requires medication for stability. never feel bad about it for it can be devastating if you have a chemical imbalance which I do and i would never dream of stopping meds that keep me balanced. Pray and share with others even when you want to isolate. it will cause more depression. join recovery and give the we program a chance. i trust you will feel better.
please give us a chance for love and support.
Sometimes life is difficult. When i get down I make myself go to a meeting and give it a chance. it is a we program. several of us suffer from other mental illness and it requires medication for stability. never feel bad about it for it can be devastating if you have a chemical imbalance which I do and i would never dream of stopping meds that keep me balanced. Pray and share with others even when you want to isolate. it will cause more depression. join recovery and give the we program a chance. i trust you will feel better.
please give us a chance for love and support.
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